python script for setting up git directories on remote servers

create_repo.py

#
# This script creates a repository and sets it up with a post receive
# hook that checks out the code to the desired directory.
#
# Really nice for setting up an easy way to push code to a remote
# server without lots of overhead.
#
# After running this script simply add a remote locally like
#
#   git remote add web ssh://you@server/path/to/repo.git
#
# Then pushing to the remote is as easy as
#
#   git push web
#
# Jeremy Keeshin
#               September 23, 2012
#   updated     March 31, 2013
#   updated     December 1, 2013
#               - print out resulting command
#
import os
import sys


def main():
    if len(sys.argv) != 3:
        print """
        Usage: python create_repo.py repo.git /your/checkout/dirctory

        Locally, run:

        git remote add web ssh://[email protected]/home/jkeesh/repos/<repo.git>

        To deploy, use:
        git push web master
        """
        sys.exit(1)
    else:
        repo = sys.argv[1]
        checkout_dir = sys.argv[2]

        # Make the git directory
        os.system('mkdir %s' % repo)
        os.chdir('%s' % repo)

        # Initialize a new bare repo
        os.system('git init --bare')

        txt = """#!/bin/sh
GIT_WORK_TREE=%s git checkout -f""" % checkout_dir

        # Write the post-receive hook
        hook = open('./hooks/post-receive', 'w')
        hook.write(txt)
        hook.close()

        # Make it executable
        os.system('chmod +x ./hooks/post-receive')

        # Print a command to run next.
        print "\n\nNow run this command on your local repository\n\n"
        cmd = 'git remote add web ssh://[email protected]/home/jkeesh/repos/' + repo
        print cmd

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()